Combined overshoe and leggin



(No Model.)

H. RUDOLPH & H. SOHWBNK COMBINED OVERYSHOE AND LEGGIN.

No. 332,166. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Erie.

HENRY RUDOLPH AND HENRY SCHWVENK, OF RICO, COLORADO.

COMBINED OVERSHOE AND LEGGIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,166, dated December8, 1885.

Application filed August 14. 1885. Serial No. 174,404. (No model.)

object being to produce an article that will effectually protect thefeet of the wearer from the inclemency of the weather, and at the sametime to produce an article that may be worn to tramp over rough,nnbrokei districts.

The invention consists of certain details of construction andcombinations of parts, as

will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of our combined overshoe and leggin. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the lower part of the device, showing the flap turnedback to disclose the construction of the parts. Fig. 3 is asectional-view taken on line as w of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view of a portion of the leggin, the same being taken on line3/ y of Fig. l.

The leggin proper (shown at A) and the upper of the shoe (shown at B)are made from a strong and warm, but at the same timelight and flexible,material, which is preferably water and moisture proof. The sole a ispreferably made of ordinary sole-leather, and the abutting edges of theupper are re-enforced by leather strips 1), the counter 0 also being ofstiff firm leather. The outer side of the leggin is cut down and lappedover the lower end of the overlapping flap, d, so formed, being heldfirmly down against the re-enforcing strips 1) by a strap, 6, thatpasses beneath the sole and over the instep to engage with a buckle, f,that is secured to the outside of the counter. The underlapping flap gcarries a metallic strip, h, that is bent up to form projecting loops ii, which pass through openings 0 0, formed in the overlapping flap (1.Short leather straps kk are secured to the flap (2, so that there is astrap in line with each of the openings 0 0, and when it is desired tosecure the leggin to the leg these straps k k are passed through theloops 1' t, that project through the said openings, and then the freeends of the straps are brought into engagement with the buckles p p, asis best shown in Fig. 1.

Such a shoe and leggin as we have described is simple, cheap, anddurable, and may be worn in winter as an overshoe and in Slllllmerwithout an inner shoe. Just at the point wherethe foot has the mostaction the shoe is re-enforced by the binding-strap that holds down thelower end of the flap (Z.

The material may be comparatively light, as the parts are all firmlyheld and bound to gether.

The strip h prevents the leggin from wrinkling or slipping down.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined shoe and leggin in which the overlapping flap is securedin closed position by a strap, 0, which passes beneath the sole and overthe instep of the shoe to engage with a buckle, f, that is fixed to thecounter c, substantially as described.

2. A combined shoe and leggin in which the underlying flap carriesbucklesp p, and a metallic strip, h, formed with loops 11 t, that passthrough openings 0 0, formed in the over lapping flap (I, said flap dcarrying straps kk, that are arranged to pass through the loops it andengage with the buckles 1) p, substantially as described.

HENRY RUDOLPH. HENRY SOHlVENK.

\Vitnesses:

D. A. HoLMEs, F. A. W. DAY.

